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branchsnapper
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giraffe
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| I dont get the whole blond hair thing... Form the picture his hais is dark brown with some greys..... |
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Aelric
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Conservative types do seem to really like this place. It's a reflection of their perfect little world. The rich do whatever they please, the women are generally subservient, the culture is repressed for the most part and most certainly conservative itself and you can beat your wife and kids and the cops buy you a beer for it. I'd say it would make any repress christian conservative blow his load of over his copy of "The Fountainhead".
Don't get me wrong, I'm not meaning to bash Korea as a whole, just point out that conservatives do seem to love this place. |
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JongnoGuru
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Aelric wrote: |
| Don't get me wrong, I'm not meaning to bash Korea as a whole, just point out that conservatives do seem to love this place. |
There was a pretty good thread on this topic several years ago, asking 'who likes it more/fits in better in Korea', the conservative expats or the liberal ones. Framed along the lines of "who's happier here?"
Too far back to remember exactly, but I seem to recall each camp claiming to like it more/fit in better than the other camp. Possibly because everyone feared being tarred with the "LOSER!" brush? Or was it because the liberals here aren't really that liberal? Whatever, but I wish someone could excavate that thread, because I'm under some crazy work-deadline-hell-pressure right now and I'd greatly appreciate the distraction. |
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crossmr
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Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| the women are generally subservient |
Do you know any women under 35? |
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RJjr
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Korea is the land where everybody parties their asses off and feels ashamed and guilty about it.
Jimmy Swaggart would love the lifestyle. |
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Aelric
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
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| the women are generally subservient |
Do you know any women under 35? |
None that would be interested in this guy the OP is pointing out. |
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crossmr
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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| the women are generally subservient |
Do you know any women under 35? |
None that would be interested in this guy the OP is pointing out. |
I didn't mean I was looking to find one, I mean that most women under 35 are not remotely subservient. At least all the ones I've encountered. I think a lot of young guys who come here looking for an easy asian girl are going to get their ass kicked. |
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Aelric
Joined: 02 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
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| the women are generally subservient |
Do you know any women under 35? |
None that would be interested in this guy the OP is pointing out. |
I didn't mean I was looking to find one, I mean that most women under 35 are not remotely subservient. At least all the ones I've encountered. I think a lot of young guys who come here looking for an easy asian girl are going to get their ass kicked. |
I know what you are saying. Hell, see my post OP in the relationship horror stories post. Some think they are the queens of the universe, while plenty are a right balance. I am mostly referring to the older crowd, mostly, although I'd drop the age to 30. The K girls I know here go marriage nuts around then and tend to do whatever it takes to get it done, then turn there brains off after the blessed day happily playing housewife from then on, tolerating some domestic abuse here, abiding some infidelity there. I know it's not universal and it's getting better. |
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| giraffe wrote: |
| I dont get the whole blond hair thing... Form the picture his hais is dark brown with some greys..... |
Dark brown? Looks closer to black. Though that might just be in contrast to his pasty face. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| He doesn't look blonde to me. I am glad he is happy in Korea. Why not? There are plenty of people who love Korea and would miss it. He does admit, that it's hard for foreigners in Korea in many cases. He probably thinks more can be done to bridge the gap, but there are so many things he loves about the country. Obviously, there are many positive things about Korea. Of course, being an English teacher is not the same as being a foreign executive who speaks fluent Korean. If we were fluent in Korean, as foreigners, so many doors would open up for us, possibly. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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Conservative types do seem to really like this place. It's a reflection of their perfect little world. The rich do whatever they please, the women are generally subservient, the culture is repressed for the most part and most certainly conservative itself and you can beat your wife and kids and the cops buy you a beer for it. I'd say it would make any repress christian conservative blow his load of over his copy of "The Fountainhead".
Don't get me wrong, I'm not meaning to bash Korea as a whole, just point out that conservatives do seem to love this place. |
Come again? Objectivism, the philosophy illustrated in The Fountainhead, is atheistic, not Christian. Objectivism isn't conservative either, as it calls for a fundamental change in political and moral hegemony rather than the conservation of the current altruistic and socialist trends that are currently in vogue.
Have you read The Fountainhead? If not, I recommend it. It changed my life. |
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eamo
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I can imagine a cheerful Christian type coming here, getting into a nice tight church group who send a lot of private work his way, and set him up with a nice church girl to marry.......
............a lot of the foreigners don't like it here and don't settle because they never see the benefits of being accepted into a Korean group of some kind....church, family, corporate structure.....like the guy in the story talks about. You have to think "group" when you're in Korea......or at least act like you do..........  |
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BigBuds
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Location: Changwon
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| If he's got blond hair then I'm a monkey's uncle. |
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PRagic
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Korea has proven to be an interesting experience, and I have no regrets. It's good to learn something every day, and the cross-cultural rollercoaster has taught me a lot about myself.
I have to admit, though, that I've always wanted to live in a place so nice that every day I wake up, look outside, and think to myself, 'Wow. I can't believe I actually live here.' Sad to say, but Korea doesn't fit that bill. |
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